From the Sports Editor’s Desk: Matt Daniels
Last week, I used this space to talk about the local football players who are involved with this week’s 47th Illinois High School Shrine Game.
Local senior football players will have one last chance to impress, while area basketball coaches did just that during the shortened 2021 season.
DENVER — Tevin Smith’s verbal commitment to Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball on Jan. 1 was tethered to Titans assistant coach and Bloomington native Brandon Dunson.
The Spartans junior-to-be took an unofficial visit to Illinois' campus on Wednesday and came home with his first Power 6 offer.
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He guided the program to four regional championships in his six-season tenure.
The National Federation of State High School Associations on Wednesday announced it'll permit a 35-second shot clock for any states that want to utilize one.
St. Joseph-Ogden, Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin, Danville products recognized for excellence.
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His name still will be on the new basketball court when Champaign Central High reopens Combes Gym in late November. Better yet, Lee Cabutti will get a chunk of the old court — at least a part with his name on it — when it’s dug up later this month.
Brandon Martin previously was at Blue Ridge and LeRoy, while Easton briefly was in line to take over STM girls' basketball back in 2019.
Though he gained fame in baseball, the late, great Lou Brock never pushed the sport on his friend Jake Eversole.
Vikings teammate Hoskins cracks the Class 3A honorable mention list.
BHRA's Tidwell, Iroquois West's McMillan were honorable mention picks in their respective classes.
The Tuscola junior guard is our All-Area Player of the Year, and the COVID-19 pandemic hasn't caused his basketball passion to wane.
Mandrell's Comets earned a league championship and gave their coach a milestone victory along the way.
Get to know a little bit more about the area's top 10 boys' basketball players of 2021.
Teams across the area beat up on one another during a truncated season, leading to a challenging job in creating a final poll.
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Another five players were given honorable mention designation for their efforts during the condensed prep basketball season.
Part I in a series on Unit 4 progress resulting from the $183.4 million referendum voters passed in 2016.
The LeRoy boys and the girls of Danville, Sullivan, Tri-County, Salt Fork and Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond all had their team listed in the last rankings of the season.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda girls' basketball player and Judah Christian boys' soccer player honored for their athletic excellence.
Sullivan, Tri-County and Salt Fork all are within their respective rankings' top six.
Coach Harry Combes' team — which included Ted Beach, Earl Harrison and Fred Major as players — won the state tournament 75 years ago today.
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